Wossman House - Monroe, Louisiana
Posted by: BruceS
N 32° 29.438 W 092° 06.706
15S E 583449 N 3595168
Historic Queen Anne home in Monroe, Louisiana.
Waymark Code: WM383R
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 02/24/2008
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The Wossman House (c.1900) is a small one story Queen
Anne/Eastlake residence located in a late nineteenth/early twentieth century
neighborhood south of downtown Monroe. It was moved to this site in 1949/50 from
its original location nearby. The main block of the house retains all of its
c.1900 character on the exterior and much of its interior.
The house was built at 313 Wood Street, about one mile to the
north of its present location, toward the downtown. It is shown at this site on
a 1932 Sanborn map, but by 1950 it had been moved to its present location at
1205 St. John (per a Sanborn map of that date). City directories narrow down the
date of the move, which must have occurred in 1949/50. Miss Julia Wossman, the
owner and mover of the house, is shown as still residing at 313 Wood in the
1949-50 city directory (which presumably would have been published in 1949). The
next available directory, for 1952, shows 1205 St. John as her home as well as
business address (bookstore).
The main block of the Wossman House is gable end with the
roof ridge parallel to the street. Projecting toward the street, at one end, is
a gabled cutaway bay. Projecting from this is another gable. An Eastlake porch
begins at this gable, turns the corner and spans the remainder of the facade (in
an overall L shape). Both forward-facing gables are sheathed in fishscale
shingles. The edge of the cutaway bay is ornamented at the eave with openwork
brackets. The fairly elaborate Eastlake porch has a strong visual presence,
featuring abacus-like turned columns, openwork sunburst brackets with balldrops,
a spindle screen, and a balustrade. ~
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